Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) yasminae Faraji, 2008

Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, Dennj, Principato, Douin, Martial, Kreiter, Serge & Haralabos, Tsolakis, 2019, Mites of the genus Typhlodromus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Southern France: combined morphological and molecular approaches for species identification, Zootaxa 4604 (2), pp. 242-280 : 261

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) yasminae Faraji, 2008

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) yasminae Faraji, 2008: 106 .

Specimens collected. One female on Pinus sp. ( Pinaceae ), in Parc des Cévennes, France (44°05’47.3”N, 3°33’03.7”E), 14/09/2017.

Known distribution. Spain, Tunisia.

Measurements (1 female in poor condition)

Dorsum. Because of the bad state of the specimen, only some morphological features were measured. Dorsal shield 359 long and 192 wide, slightly reticulated, with five solenostomes (gd2, gd4, gd6, gd8, gd9), 18 pairs of dorsal setae and two pairs of sub-lateral setae: j1 23; j3 30; j4 15; j5 15; j6, J2 impossible to measure; J5 8; z2, z3, z4, z5 impossible to measure; Z4 32; Z5 52; s4, s6 impossible to measure; S2 22; S4 18; S5 17; r3, R1 impossible to measure. All setae smooth, except Z5, serrated. Peritreme extending forwards at level between the bases of setae j1–j3.

Ventral idiosoma. Ventrianal shield with four pairs of pre-anal setae, JV1, JV2, JV3 and ZV2 and no pre-anal pore.

Chelicera —not clearly visible, impossible to measure.

Legs. Genu II with seven setae, 2 2/0 2/0 1; Legs IV with a knobbed macroseta on the basitarsus, StIV 58.

Insemination apparatus. Cup-shaped with a calyx 12 long and 9 wide, c-shaped atrium on a neck.

Remarks. The measurements, when possible, and other morphological characters of the specimen herein considered generally fits with the original description of this species. Some slight differences are observed for the setae j1 to j5, but in both cases, their lengths are included in the range of intraspecific variation defined by Tixier (2012). This is the first time that this species is reported in France and also the first time it is reported from the genus Pinus .